חַתchath
חַת: terror, fear (Genesis 9:2; Job 41:25)
Pronunciation: khath · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2844
Meanings
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 9:2 All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power.
- 1 Samuel 2:4 The bow of the mighty is now broken, and those who stumbled are now strong.
- Job 41:33 Nothing on earth is its equal, no other creature so fearless.
- Jeremiah 46:5 But what do I see? The Egyptian army flees in terror. The bravest of its fighting men run without a backward glance. They are terrorized at every turn,” says the Lord.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).